The Greek Collection The Greek S Virgin Bride

Promised to the Greek tycoon…as his bride As the illegitimate granddaughter of a famous Greek billionaire, Andrea Fraser was disowned at birth and grew up in poverty. Now, at the age of twenty-five, she is unexpectedly called to Greece, where shocking news awaits her… Andrea's grandfather has found her a husband! She's promised to tycoon Nikos Vassilis as part of a business deal. But Andrea is strongly independent and has no intention of meekly accepting a marriage of convenience. Nikos may be the most sophisticated man she's ever met, but she'll be leaving him the first chance she gets…won't she?

The Sicilian's Marriage Arrangement by Lucy Munroe Hope Bishop is stunned when darkly sexy Sicilian tycoon Luciano di Valerio proposes marriage. Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background. But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy—until she discovers that Luciano married her to fulfill his own ruthless agenda…! The Greek's Virgin Bride by Julia James As the illegitimate granddaughter of a famous Greek billionaire, Andrea Fraser was disowned at birth and grew up in poverty. Now, at the age of twenty-five, she is unexpectedly called to Greece, where shocking news awaits her—Andrea's grandfather has found her a husband! She's promised to tycoon Nikos Vassilis as part of a business deal. But Andrea has no intention of meekly accepting a marriage of convenience. Nikos may be the most sophisticated man she's ever met, but she'll be leaving him the first chance she gets…won't she?

The Greek Tycoon’s Virgin Wife — Helen Bianchin Reluctant mistress, convenient wife. Xandro Caramanis wants a wife. She must be well-bred, willing to give him an heir and accept a loveless arrangement. Ilana Girard is a society beauty with a head for business who understands emotions are not part of the deal… Ilana accepts Xandro’s proposal because she needs his protection. He doesn’t realize she’s never slept with a man before, and it’s reluctantly that she takes her place in his bed. Originally published in 2007. At the Greek Tycoon’s Bidding — Cathy Williams Theo Miquel doesn’t have time for love. His work is his life. He dates slim, beautiful women, but once they start talking about commitment it’s over! Heather is different from this tycoon’s usual prey: frumpy, talkative and his office cleaner. Although she lacks polish, there’s something feisty and passionate about her. Theo thinks she’d be perfect for an affair, at his beck and call until he gets tired of her. But he doesn’t know Heather Originally published in 2006. Blackmailed into the Greek Tycoon’s Bed — Carol Marinelli Innocent English rose… Bookish, mousy heiress Karin has failed in her first act of defiance! She’s tried to take back the symbol of everything she holds dear in her life, but ruthless billionaire Xante Rossi has caught her red-handed! Why is this shy beauty stealing from him? Xante is intrigued. Her innocence belies the corruption her family name represents. To save her from scandal and get to the truth he’ll offer his terms. If Karin wants her precious heirloom, she’ll have to earn it back in his bedroom! Originally published in 2009.

This volume argues that ancient Greek girls and early Christian virgins and their families made use of rhetorically similar traditions of marriage to an otherworldly bridegroom in order to handle the problem of a girl’s denied or disrupted transition into adulthood. In both ancient Greece and early Christian Rome, the standard female transition into adulthood was marked by marriage, sex, and childbirth. When problems arose just before or during this transition, the transitional girl’s status within society became insecure. Walker presents a case for how and why the dead Greek virgin girl, depicted in Archaic through Hellenistic sources, in both texts and inscriptions, as a bride of Hades, and the life-long female Christian virgin or celibate ascetic, dubbed the bride of Christ around the third century CE, provide a fruitful point of comparison as particular examples of strategies used to neutralize the tension of disrupted female transition into adulthood. Bride of Hades to Bride of Christ offers a fascinating comparative study that will be of interest to anyone working on virginity and womanhood in the ancient world.

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